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attendance status

A worker's attendance status is the state recorded for a particular work period to show whether the worker is present, absent, late, on leave, or in another recognized attendance category.

In plain English

It is the recorded attendance state for one specific period of work. It shows how the worker was marked for that period, such as present, absent, late, on leave, or another recognized category.

In context

Here, it denotes the recorded attendance state reported for each listed item for the relevant work period.

Situation
Managing schedules, shifts, attendance, leave, timesheets, and availability
What it communicates
Report heading for the attendance state recorded for each item listed.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say why that state was recorded or what it leads to.

Examples

“For Monday's first shift, his attendance status was recorded as absent rather than on leave.”

Core meaning

“The daily register lists each worker's attendance status for the shift beside the worker's name.”

In context